Quebec heading for provincial election, separatists lead

OTTAWA Feb 20 (Reuters) - Quebec's two largest opposition
parties said they would vote against the provincial budget that
was introduced on Thursday, assuring a spring election, the
French branch of CBC television reported.

The separatist Parti Quebecois currently heads a minority
government and leads in the polls, and it might well call an
election on its own in the next two weeks, before it is brought
down in a vote on its budget.

The budget projected a C$1.75 billion (C$1.58 billion)
deficit for 2014-15, unchanged from the projection it gave in
November.